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.I. BUCHEK.

VENDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FlLED OCT. 31, ISJIY. 1,309,998. Patented J111y15, 1919.

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J..BUCHEK.

VENDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-31.1917.

Patented July 15, 1919.

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' VENDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT, 31. I917.

Patented July 15, 1919.

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J. BUCHEK Patented J nly 15, 1919.

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JOSEPH BUCHEK, 0F OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

VENDING- DEVICE.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Application filed. October 31, 1917. Serial No. 199,559.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH BUCHEK, a subjectof the Emperor of Austria, residing in Oak Park, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inVendin Devices, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates generally to vending devices and has particularlyamong its objects the production of a match vending machine.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a match vendingmachine which will automatically ignite each individual match delivered.

Another object resides in the simplicity of construction and operationof such ma chine and in the safety and economy afforded.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination, and relative position of the parts andmembers shown in the accompanying drawings, hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims. 7

Referring to the drawing in which like reference characters indicatelike or corre sponding parts:

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively front and side elevations of a singledelivery vending machine embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is also a sideelevation and Fig. 4c illustrates a cross section taken on line 4.--4 ofFig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6,shows a view similar to Fig. 2 but with the various members in anoperative position just preceding the igniting movement.

Fig. 7 is a view in perspective, showing the slidable operating member,and Fig. 8 is a longitudinal cross section through same taken on line88.

In the illustrations which show one em bodiment of my invention, Iprovide a suitable metal receptacle or box 10 which comprises a pair ofside walls 10 a top 10, an inclined floor 10 which includes a verticalportion 10 spaced from the front wall 1O sufiiciently to form adischarge passage 11 to retain a single row of matches. The verticalportion 10 has a pair of substantially horizontally bent curved stripportions 1O adjacent the curved side extensions 10 and in conjunctionwith curved depending strip extensions 10 of the front wall 10, form abottom and curved discharge mouth for the passage 11. The floor 10 isalso formed with an integral vertical back 1O provided with a suitablyslotted hole 12. The ide walls 1O are, slightly flanged at the rearedges for insertion between the bent side edges of the cover plate 10which also is provided with the slotted holes 12.

In order to slightly resist the discharge of the matches to enable thetwo coacting conveying fingers 13 to properly grasp the single matchbetween the finger 13 and the curved sprin 13 I provide a pair ofresisting fingers formin a converging passage between the exten edcurved bottom strip 10 and the urved strip extension 1O also of thefront wall 10 Both of the conveying fingers 13 are rigidly riveted tothe horizontal portion 1 1 of the U-shaped bail 14 which is rigidlymounted to ends of shaft 15. I

The two parallel coacting igniting bars 16 are loosely suspended fromthe shaft 17 rigidly mounted in the upper ends of the parallel side arms18, the lower ends of which are rigidly mounted on shaft 19. second orguide shaft 20 extends freely through and beyond the face of theignition bars 16. A pair of fixed collars 20 prevent lateral movement ofthe shaft 20 within the second set of supporting parallel arms 21 whichare likewise rigidly mounted to shaft 22. A pair of flat springs 23having forked or slotted ends 23, embrace the shaft 20 and inner sidesof collars 20 and afford a spring-influenced return action to the bars16 after being spread apart sufliciently to embrace the ends of a match,which spreading action is developed as the bars 16 suddenly moveupwardly from the released lower position shown in Fig. 6, wherebyhaving an extension 25 for the pin 27 the separating rollers 28 whichengage the sides of the slot 26*. The pin 29, for one of the rollers 28,is extended upwardly to act as a pivotal support for the loosely mountedengagement 30 which carries the two small rollers 31 between which isconstantly held, one of the arms of bail 14 for the purpose of impartinga forward motion to'the conveying fingers 13 during the downwardmovement of the sliding operating member 25. i

In addition, to imparting motion to the conveying fingers 13, theoperating member 25 is also provided with a latch 32 which operates toengage one of the side arms 21 with the depending jaw 32 whereby theparallel igniting bars 16 will be moved downwardly with the operatingmember 25 and simultaneously with the forward movement of the fingers 13until the beveled end 32 comes into engagement with end 26 of the guide26 so that the latch 32 will be raised about its pivot pin 33 againstthe pressure of the spring 34 which spring bears" upon the latch and hasfixed ends within the pin 33. It is obvious, that such lifting of latchwill release the arm 21 from under the jaw 32 which will cause a suddenupward movement of the igniting bars 16 to ignite the match which isheld in positive stationary position within the conveying fingers 13 andwithin the retaining finger 35 which is mounted on thepivotal support36. Asp ring 37 eX- erts pressure against the back of the finger 35 toretain the ignited match between the finger 35 and the suitably bentwire support 38.

It will now be noted, that although the igniting bars 16 have beenreleased and returned to normal'raised position by means of the two coilsprings 39 each of which has one end secured to shaft 22 and the otherend in abutment with back 10 the conveying fingers 13 will remain in theforward position shown in Fig. 6 until the operating cable 24 isreleased to permit the return of the operating member 25 through theupward pressure of the arm 28 having the slotted end embracing the pin27 and the other end rigid with the short shaft 40 which is mountedwithin the side wall and bearing 41 and upon which is mounted a coilspring 42 having one end rigid with the shaft and the other pressingupon the face of back 10 Thus the spring 42 returns the member 25 andthe coacting conveying fingers 13 to normal position ready for thesecond operation.

I have'found from experience that if the matches at the lower end of theinclined fioor 1O can be slightly raised at each operation that thiswill overcome any crowding which would clog the passage 11 and thusinterfere with the continuous gravity discharge. For this purpose, Iprovide several suitably spaced adjusting segments 43 which are rigidlymounted on shaft 44, and one of which is made with a slotted extension43 having operative engagement with the spring wire arm 45 flexiblymounted on shaft 22. It is obvious that with each operation of thedevice the shaft 22 will transmit through arm 45 and its connectionwithin the slotted extension 43, motion whereby the segments 43 willpass into the passage 11 to slightly raise and level the mass of matchesat the lower end of the receptacle floor.

Centrally mounted upon the front wall 10 I have provided an abutmentspring 46 which comprises a pair of flat springs riveted to the wall andhaving flared or diverging ends forming a yieldable mouth arranged toabsorb the shock in the sudden return of shaft 20.

An additional retainer maybe provided for the discharge as indicated bythe light arms 47 which are rigidly mounted to the spring influencedshaft 48.

Slots 49 may also be provided within the front wall 1O through which canbe observed the amount of matches within the re ceptacle.

In operation, upon the downward pull of cable 24 and the operatingmember 25, the conveying fingers 13 will be brought forward with theirdividing fingers l3 between the lowest two matches; thus to engage andconvey the lowest one forwardly into the grip of the retaining finger35. At this point the igniting bars 16, which havev also been broughtdown, will he suddenly released to ignite the match as it is held infingers 13 and theretaining finger 35. Upon release of 1 tion andillustrations clearly disclose the construction and operation of theinvention, hence a more extended explanation is omitted.

I claim:

1. In a match vending machine, the comb1nat1on of a receptacle,pivotally mounted single-delivery means, means for, resisting thedischarge of each match to afford the engagement thereof by saiddelivery means, means manually operable in one direction and uponrelease spring-actuated in reverse direction for automatically ignitingeach delivered'match, and a retainer for the ignited match arranged toreceive the ignited match from said delivery means.

2. A match vending machine comprising a gravity discharge receptaclehaving a restricted discharge passage for a single col-' umn of matches,conveying fingers arranged to convey the bottom match of said column,

movable igniting means manually operable in conveyed match, andretaining means arranged to receive the ignited match from saidconveying fingers.

3. A match vending machine comprising a ravity discharge receptaclehaving a restricted discharge passage for a single column of matches,conveying fingers arranged to convey the bottom match of said column,movable igniting means, operating means for simultaneously moving saidfingers and said igniting means, means for releasing said igniting meansfrom said operating means to ignite the conveyed match, and retainingmeans arranged to receive the ignited a match.

4:. In a single discharge match vending machine having a gravitydischarge passage, the combination of conveying fingers arranged toconvey a single match from said passage, movable spring-influencedigniting means, means for simultaneously moving said fingers and saidigniting means, and means for releasing said igniting means to ignitethe conveyed match.

5. A match vending machine comprising a gravity discharge receptaclehaving a restricted discharge passage, pivotally mounted conveyingfingers arranged to convey a single match from said passage, resistingmeans arranged to resist the passage of each match from said passage toafford an engagement thereof by said fingers, pivotally mountedspring-influenced igniting bars, operating means for simultaneouslymoving said fingers and said bars, means for releasing said bars tobring one of said bars in engagement With said match, and retain ingmeans arranged to receive the ignited match.

6. A match vending machine comprising a gravity discharge receptaclehaving a restricted discharge passage; pivotally mounted conveyingfingers arranged to convey a single match from said passage; means forresisting the discharge of each match to afford the engagement thereofby said fingers; a pair of pivotally mounted spring-influenced ignitingbars, said bars having inner abrasive surfaces; a pair of pivoted armssupporting each of said bars; a guidevvay mounted on said receptacle;operating means movable in said guideway and comprising aspring-influenced base held normally in raised position, aspring-influenced latch pivotally mounted on said base, and normallyengaging one of said arms, a pivotally mounted member mounted on saidbase and arranged to transmit motion to said fingers; means for movingsaid operating means to simultaneously move said fingers and said barsto thereby release said igniting bars from said latch whereby one ofsaid abrasive surfaces Will engage the head of the match to ignite same;and retaining means arranged to receive the ignited match.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 24th day ofOctober,-

JOSEPH BUCHEK.

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